To Montenegro a.d. (stylised as ToMontenegro and 2Montenegro), is the flag carrier of Montenegro, which is branded and operates under the name Air Montenegro (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ер Монтенегро), a new company opened in early 2021 by the government of Montenegro.Predstavljena nova crnogorska aviokompanija, Al Jazeera Balkans, 2 March 2021 Air Montenegro officially launched operations in June 2021.Air Montenegro poleće, aviatica.rs, 28 May 2021

History Background and origins

The predecessor airline company Montenegro Airlines was founded on 24 October 1994, by the government of the Montenegro Republic. The first aircraft, a Fokker 28 Mk4000 (nicknamed "Lovćen"), was purchased almost two years later in 1996. The first commercial flight took place on 7 May 1997, at exactly 10:30 between Podgorica and Bari, Italy. In April 2000, its became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In June 2000, the first of five Fokker 100 aircraft was delivered to Podgorica Airport. The airline joined Amadeus CRS on 5 March 2003. In 2004, Montenegro Airlines' pilots were the first in the region to be granted the IIIA certificate. In August 2016, it was reported that accounts belonging to Montenegro Airlines had been frozen after the airline failed to comply with a court ruling regarding the payment of debts to the operator of the country's airports. Montenegro Airlines owed the company more than US$15 million.ch-aviation.com - Montenegro Airlines accounts frozen over ACG debts 12 August 2016

In December 2020, the Government of Montenegro announced the shutdown and liquidation of the Montenegro Airlines a.d company in the forthcoming weeks stating mismanagement and accumulating losses for several years.aerotelegraph.com (German) 25 December 2020 Shortly after, it was announced that the airline would suspend all flights from 26 December 2020 marking the end of its operations.

Airline foundation On 29 December 2020, it was announced by Minister Mladen Bojanić that the Montenegro Airlines would be reorganized and replaced with a new company the To Montenegro (2 Montenegro), as the new Montenegrin flag carrier airline.Bojanić: Nova kompanija zvaće se "2 Montenegro", 29 December 2020, Vijesti The liquidation procedure of Montenegro Airlines would cost about 50 million euro but it is inevitable, as the country's competition authority has ruled that the law for public investment in the flag carrier adopted in 2019 was illegal, the government said in December 2021.Montenegro's new flag carrier starts regular operations, SeeNews, 10 June 2021

The new company was officially introduced on 2 March 2021 by the government. In April 2021, it was reported that the Montenegrin government made Air Montenegro the official name for the ToMontenegro project and that the airline would start up using two Embraer 195 aircraft, transferred from former Montenegro Airlines.Podgorica rebrands ToMontenegro as Air Montenegro - CH-Aviation On 10 June 2021, then Minister of Economic Development of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, paid a visit to the neighboring Republic of Serbia, being one of the passengers at the first commercial flight of the new national airline Air Montenegro to Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade.First flight of national airline Air Montenegro will be to Serbia, Government of Montenegro, 9 June 2021Montenegro Airlines successor Air Montenegro reveals launch date , AeroTime, 3 June 2021

Origin of "Air Montenegro" company name

Despite being formed in 2021, the name "Air Montenegro" had existed beforehand. In 1990 a private start-up airline with name Air Montenegro was formed. Air Montenegro operated for about two years until was shut down due to war in ex Yugoslavia region. Company had an Airline Operator Certificate and used a single YAK-40 jet aircraft registration LZ-DOB on a wet lease contract from Bulgarian airline Hemus Air.Vise od vijeka - vazduhoplovstvo u Crnoj Gori, Boris Ciglic,Aleksandar Radic

It operated flights to Bari Italy with the flight number 9901/9902 inherited for Adria Airways which operated the same line before the war

Destinations +Air Montenegro DestinationsCountryCityAirportNotesArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International AirportAzerbaijanBakuHeydar Aliyev International AirportBosnia and HerzegovinaBanja LukaBanja Luka International AirportCzech RepublicBrnoBrno-Tuřany AirportPragueVáclav Havel Airport PragueFranceLilleLille-Lesquin AirportLyonLyon–Saint-Exupéry AirportNantesNantes Atlantique AirportParisCharles de Gaulle AirportGermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt AirportItalyRomeRome Fiumicino AirportMontenegroPodgoricaPodgorica AirportTivatTivat AirportSerbiaBelgradeBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSlovakiaBratislavaBratislava AirportSloveniaLjubljanaLjubljana AirportSwitzerlandZurichZurich AirportTurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Airportİzmirİzmir Adnan Menderes Airport

Codeshare agreements Turkish Airlines

Fleet

Current fleet , Air Montenegro operates the following aircraft: + Air Montenegro fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotesYCTotalEmbraer 1954—var.var.116Both aircraft inherited from now-defunct Montenegro Airlines. Both aircraft owned.118One aircraft owned.Total4—

Business class In a 2026 review, airline commentator Josh Cahill criticized Air Montenegro’s business class product, arguing that the airline’s Embraer E195 aircraft feature a single-class cabin layout without business class seating. According to Cahill, business class is sold at a significant fare premium despite none of Air Montenegro’s planes being equipped with business class seats or service. Multiple passengers who have purchased business class seating are downgraded upon check in to an economy seat, with gate agents claiming a last minute plane change. Gate agents instruct passengers who are downgraded to reach out to customer support for a refund, and subsequently have their refund requests ignored. This has led to accusations of Air Montenegro scamming passengers by selling non existent business class seating.Avijacijski jutjuber: "Air Montenegro" naplatio biznis klasu koju nijesam dobio

Historic fleet +Air Montenegro historic fleetAircraftIn fleetIntroducedRetiredNotesEmbraer 1901

References

External links

Official website